“Light from a supernova explosion in the nearby starburst galaxy M82 is reverberating off a huge dust cloud in interstellar space. ...The inset images at top reveal an expanding shell of light from the stellar explosion sweeping through interstellar space, called a “light echo.” The images were taken 10 months to nearly two years after the violent event... The light is bouncing off a giant dust cloud that extends 300 to 1,600 light-years from the supernova and is being reflected toward Earth.” | Title: Hubble Shows Light Echo Expanding from Exploded Star | Credit: ASA, ESA, and Y. Yang | Source: Flickr | License:
Hubble Shows Light Echo Expanding from Exploded Star
“Light from a supernova explosion in the nearby starburst galaxy M82 is reverberating off a huge dust cloud in interstellar space. ...The inset images at top reveal an expanding shell of light from the stellar explosion sweeping through interstellar space, called a “light echo.” The images were taken 10 months to nearly two years after the violent event... The light is bouncing off a giant dust cloud that extends 300 to 1,600 light-years from the supernova and is being reflected toward Earth.” | Title: Hubble Shows Light Echo Expanding from Exploded Star | Credit: ASA, ESA, and Y. Yang | Source: Flickr | License: